diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.test.tsx
index 8653c39f707..c5923c00c02 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.test.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   mockDataSource,
   mockPluginLinkExtension,
   mockPromAlertingRule,
+  mockRulerGrafanaRecordingRule,
 } from '../../mocks';
 import { grafanaRulerRule } from '../../mocks/grafanaRulerApi';
 import { grantPermissionsHelper } from '../../test/test-utils';
@@ -184,6 +185,30 @@ describe('RuleViewer', () => {
       }
     });
 
+    it('shows paused state correctly for recording rules', async () => {
+      const recordingRule = getGrafanaRule({
+        name: 'Test recording rule',
+        rulerRule: mockRulerGrafanaRecordingRule(
+          {},
+          {
+            is_paused: true,
+            title: 'Test recording',
+            record: {
+              metric: 'test_recording',
+              from: 'A',
+            },
+          }
+        ),
+      });
+
+      const recordingRuleIdentifier = ruleId.fromCombinedRule('grafana', recordingRule);
+      await renderRuleViewer(recordingRule, recordingRuleIdentifier, ActiveTab.Details);
+
+      expect(await screen.findByText('Test recording rule')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(await screen.findByRole('status', { name: 'Alert evaluation currently paused' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.queryByText(/last evaluation duration/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
     it('renders silencing form correctly and shows alert rule name', async () => {
       await renderRuleViewer(mockRule, mockRuleIdentifier);
       await openSilenceDrawer();
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.tsx
index 82e46f5c574..6a25509e67c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewer.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const RuleViewer = () => {
 
   const isFederatedRule = isFederatedRuleGroup(rule.group);
   const isProvisioned = rulerRuleType.grafana.rule(rulerRule) && Boolean(rulerRule.grafana_alert.provenance);
-  const isPaused = rulerRuleType.grafana.alertingRule(rulerRule) && isPausedRule(rulerRule);
+  const isPaused = rulerRuleType.grafana.rule(rulerRule) && isPausedRule(rulerRule);
 
   const showError = hasError && !isPaused;
   const ruleOrigin = rulerRule ? getRulePluginOrigin(rulerRule) : getRulePluginOrigin(promRule);
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba354f056fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { render, screen } from 'test/test-utils';
+
+import { mockCombinedRule } from '../../../mocks';
+import { alertingFactory } from '../../../mocks/server/db';
+import { setupDataSources } from '../../../testSetup/datasources';
+
+import { Details } from './Details';
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  setupDataSources();
+});
+
+describe('render details tab', () => {
+  it('should show paused rule', () => {
+    const rule = mockCombinedRule({
+      rulerRule: alertingFactory.ruler.grafana.recordingRule.build({
+        grafana_alert: {
+          is_paused: true,
+        },
+      }),
+    });
+
+    render(<Details rule={rule} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Alert evaluation currently paused/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.tsx
index 59d4d2d30d1..7e87437d407 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/tabs/Details.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const Details = ({ rule }: DetailsProps) => {
   const hasEvaluationDuration = Number.isFinite(evaluationDuration);
 
   const updated = rulerRuleType.grafana.rule(rule.rulerRule) ? rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.updated : undefined;
-  const isPaused = rulerRuleType.grafana.alertingRule(rule.rulerRule) && isPausedRule(rule.rulerRule);
+  const isPaused = rulerRuleType.grafana.rule(rule.rulerRule) && isPausedRule(rule.rulerRule);
 
   const pausedIcon = (
     <Stack>
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesTable.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesTable.tsx
index b5a0aeabc62..38c390f8e00 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesTable.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesTable.tsx
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ function useRuleStatus(rule: CombinedRule) {
 
   const isDeleting = Boolean(hasRuler && rulerRulesLoaded && promRule && !rulerRule);
   const isCreating = Boolean(hasRuler && rulerRulesLoaded && rulerRule && !promRule);
-  const isPaused = rulerRuleType.grafana.alertingRule(rulerRule) && isPausedRule(rulerRule);
+  const isPaused = rulerRuleType.grafana.rule(rulerRule) && isPausedRule(rulerRule);
 
   return { isDeleting, isCreating, isPaused };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/db.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/db.ts
index be2e261ba2f..14dac82f6cb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/db.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/db.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import { DataSourceInstanceSettings, PluginType } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { FolderDTO } from 'app/types';
 import {
+  GrafanaRecordingRuleDefinition,
   PromAlertingRuleDTO,
   PromAlertingRuleState,
   PromRuleGroupDTO,
   PromRuleType,
   RulerAlertingRuleDTO,
+  RulerGrafanaRuleDTO,
   RulerRecordingRuleDTO,
   RulerRuleGroupDTO,
 } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
@@ -114,6 +116,25 @@ const grafanaFolderFactory = Factory.define<FolderDTO>(({ sequence }) => ({
   updatedBy: '',
 }));
 
+const grafanaRecordingRule = Factory.define<RulerGrafanaRuleDTO<GrafanaRecordingRuleDefinition>>(({ sequence }) => ({
+  grafana_alert: {
+    id: String(sequence),
+    uid: uniqueId(),
+    title: `Recording rule ${sequence}`,
+    namespace_uid: 'test-namespace',
+    rule_group: 'test-group',
+    condition: 'A',
+    data: [],
+    record: {
+      from: 'vector(1)',
+      metric: `recording_rule_${sequence}`,
+    },
+  },
+  for: '5m',
+  labels: { 'label-key-1': 'label-value-1' },
+  annotations: {}, // @TODO recording rules don't have annotations, we need to fix this type definition
+}));
+
 export const alertingFactory = {
   folder: grafanaFolderFactory,
   prometheus: {
@@ -124,6 +145,9 @@ export const alertingFactory = {
     group: rulerRuleGroupFactory,
     alertingRule: rulerAlertingRuleFactory,
     recordingRule: rulerRecordingRuleFactory,
+    grafana: {
+      recordingRule: grafanaRecordingRule,
+    },
   },
   dataSource: dataSourceFactory,
 };